Territory



2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

(No Model.)

G. LAUBE.

STRAW BURNING COOK STOVE.

No. 389,894. Patented Sept. 11, 1888.

GODFRIED LAUBE, OF HURON, DAKOTA TERRITORY.

STRAVV BURNING COO K-STOVE.

EPECIPICATION 'Zorming part of Letters Patent No. 389,394, dated September 11, 1888.

Application filed January 30. 1988. Serial N0. 262,340. (No model.)

Z'o aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Gonrainn LAUBE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Huron, in the county of Beadle and Territory of Dakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Straw-Burning Cool -Stoves; and I .do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the invention,which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1. is a perspective view of my im proved strawburning cook -stove with the doors open and the spider and lids removed. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view of the same with the spider and lids in place upon the stove and the doors closed. Fig. 3 is a front view with the doors in front of the stove open to more clearly show the fastening device for retaining the straw-magazinein position in the stove'casing,which fastening device is shown secured in its raised position.

Similar letters of reference denote corresponding parts in the several figures.

My invention has relation to straw-burning cook-stoves; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts ofsame, as will be hereinafter pointed out and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, theletter A denotes the stove-casing, having shelves B in the rear thereof, an open front, and doors 0 for closing the same. A sheet or partition, D,extends and is secured in this casing slightly below the top thereof, and is formed with a forward draft-opening, E, encircled by a downwardly-projecting annular flange F, having upon its forward portion two guide-loops, F. The upper side of this sheet or partition is provided with two guideways, in which slides a damper, H, formed with the upwardly-bent forward edge, and provided with an operatingrod, J,which extends rearwardly and projects through the rear of the stove. The bail K is hinged with its ends to the rear under portion of this sheet or partition, as clearly shown in Fig. 2, and with itsforward curved portion encircles the forward portion ofthe annular flange F,and is provided with an offset,L,to which is pivoted a loop, M, adapted to engage a hook,

N, in the front part of the casing. The sides of this hinged bail are provided with apertured ears 0, to which is pivoted, by means of pins P, an annular collar, Q,which tits snugly and plays vertically within the annular flange F, and is provided with a lz'iterallyprojecting flange, R.

S denotes the magazine, provided with the draft-regulating cup T, the perforated drafttube U communicating with said draft cup, handles by which it may be removed for emptying and refilling, and with doors V, through which the fuel may be lighted and attended to and the draft further regulated. The peculiar construction of this magazine I make no claim for in this application.

The operation of my invention is as follows: After the magazine, filled with fuel, (straw or hay,) has been placed in the casing, the annular collar Q, is lowered, and fits with its lower edge in the magazine, while the laterally-projecting flange on said collar fits over the beaded edge Qof the magazine, and thus prevents the escape of smoke into the room. \Vhile in this position the draft-cup and draft-doors are regulated to obtain the desired draft, and tlie doors in front of the casing are closed and secured by turn-buttons Z. These front doors do not extend entirely across the front opening of the casing, as shown clearly in Fig. 2, and will thus permit the draft-doors and draft-tube in the straw-magazine to be regulated and the fire to be poked or attended to. The slide-damper H is now adjusted over the draft-opening in the sheet or partition to the desired extent, when one portion of the products of combustion escaping from the magazine is guided by the upwardly-bent forward edge of the damper to the sides of the stove-casing, while the other portion passes over the top of said bent edges and escapes through the smoke-pipe XV at the rear of the casing, as illustrated by arrows in Figs. 1 and 2, thereby causing the products of combustion and the heat therefrom to be equally circulated over the space formed by the sheet orpartition and the top of the stove casing, thus furnishing a steady and powerful heat for cooking upon thetop of the said stoveeasing, while at the same time a sufficient amount of heat is obtained for the baking and roasting of eatables placed upon the shelves in the rear of the casing. These shelves have their forward edges'curved, as shown at X, to permit the magazine to fit snugly in the easing. Now when it is desired to remove the magazine for the purpose of emptying and refilling,the loop upon the offset or shouldered portion of the hinged bail is raised upwardly and secured to the hook in the front upper portion of the casing, and which of course raises the cover out of engagement with the magazine, thus permitting the said magazine to be removed.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the operation and advantages of my invention will be readily understood. It will be seen that the slidedamper serves a double purpose-namely, first, to guide the products of c'ombustion,which causes theheat to be equally distributed over the top of the stove casing, and, second, to regulate the draft passing through the opening in the sheet or partition.

Having thus described my invention, I claim--- 1'. The combination of a stove-casing having a sheet or partition secured therein, formed withaforwardd1'al't-opening,an annular flange projecting downwardly from said sheet or partition and encircling said opening, and a vertically-movable collar encircled by said flange,

with a removable strawmagazine inclosed within said stove-casing.

2. The combination ofa stove casing having a sheet or partition secured therein, formed with a'forward draft-opening, a slide-damper operating over said opening and formed with a forward upwardly-bent edge, and an operating-rod secured to said damper, with a removable straw-m'agazine inclosed within said casing.

3. The combinatiomwith a stove'casing having asheet or partition secured therein, formed with a forward draft-opening, a downwardlyprojecting annular flange secured to said sheet and encircling said draft-opening, guide-loops upon said flange, ahinged bail, a loop pivoted to the forward curved portion of said bail, a hook in the front of the stove-casing adapted to engage with said pivoted loop, and the vertically-movable collar having a laterally-pro jecting flange and pivoted to said bail, with a removable straw magazine inclosed within said stovecasing.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GODFRIED LAUBE.

WVitnesses:

SIMMIE GOMBAR, HATTIE R. LAUBE. 

